How common is the surname Bridgeman?

4,424 people in the United States had the surname Bridgeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,789 Americans. It ranked 7,520th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bridgeman?

Junior Bridgeman, American basketball player and businessman, followed by Bill Bridgeman.

Where is the surname Bridgeman most common?

Wikidata records people named Bridgeman in the United States.

Is the surname Bridgeman getting more or less common?

More common. 4,138 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,424 in 2010, up 6.9%.

The surname Bridgeman

A surname, carried by 4,424 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bridgeman is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,424 people named Bridgeman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,789 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,138.

#7,520

rank among US surnames

4,424

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,426)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,511	Seger	4,434	69,631
#7,512	More	4,432	69,663
#7,513	McQuade	4,430	69,694
#7,514	Duquette	4,429	69,710
#7,515	Shuster	4,428	69,726
#7,516	Hans	4,427	69,741
#7,517	Eldredge	4,426	69,757

Who is named Bridgeman

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

74% of people named Bridgeman identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bridgemans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Junior Bridgeman
American basketball player and businessman, 1953–2025
Bill Bridgeman
American test pilot (1916–1968)
Akrobatik
American rapper, born 1975

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bridgeman

Bridgeman has the Soundex code B632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B632.

Questions

How common is the surname Bridgeman?: 4,424 people in the United States had the surname Bridgeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,789 Americans. It ranked 7,520th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bridgeman?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Bridgeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bridgeman?: Junior Bridgeman, American basketball player and businessman, followed by Bill Bridgeman.
Where is the surname Bridgeman most common?: Wikidata records people named Bridgeman in the United States.
Is the surname Bridgeman getting more or less common?: More common. 4,138 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,424 in 2010, up 6.9%.